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Man run over by bulldozer and killed in Northeast

Details are not yet known.

An Upper Darby man was killed Thursday morning when he was run over by a bulldozer at a construction site in Northeast Philadelphia, police said.

Police identified the victim as Barry P. Jones, 59, of the 2200 block of South Harwood Street. He was pronounced dead by medics at 6:28 a.m. The accident occurred around 6:15 a.m. at the site on the 5100 block of Pennypack Street, near the Philadelphia Fire Academy in the Upper Holmesburg section.

Authorities said the bulldozer was being operated by another employee when his coworker was struck.

There were no additional details immediately available.